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I keep looking at the Weatherby Accumark in 300 WBY Mag in the back of my safe. I haven't carried it since 2003 and I don't think I ever will again. I have a T3 SS in 7mm Rem Mag that gives me 3000 ft/sec with a 160 Accubond and close to MOA accuracy. In practical terms would I be giving anything up by selling the Weatherby and retaining the Tikka?
I hunt elk, deer, antelope, maybe bear. Farthest shot is around 450 yards, 500 if I practice like I should.
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I'd take a 7 Rem Mag over any 300 straight up but thats just me. 162 A-max's are your friend. Good luck.
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[quote=Pharmsel I haven't carried it since 2003 and I don't think I ever will again. [/quote]
I think you answered your own question.
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I would always pick a .300, but my pals would always pick a 7 mag.. I could hunt the rest of my days with a big 7, but my old .300 and I have been on lots of hunts in lots of places.. I have great faith in it.. I owned one of the first 7's in our country, and one of the first .300's the 7 is long gone, but the .30 is still here..
But as I said, I could hunt with my 7's the rest of my career and it would be just ok..
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I'd take the 7mm Rem Magnificent personally.
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P - I love the 300 WIN M and the 7 RM.... I shoot both so it'd be a harder decision for me. I think you answered your own question.
I agree w/ Smokey Jerry
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P - I love the 300 WIN M and the 7 RM.... I shoot both so it'd be a harder decision for me. I think you answered your own question.
I agree w/ Smokey Jerry 300 WBY Mag, not Win Mag, but that doesn't change much, practically speaking. P
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I Know !
Same principle & application.
Doesn't change the situation.
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7mm all day and twice on hunting days.
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I've got a 300 WBY and 300 Win setting my safe along with a 7. I pulled the scopes off of the 300s a couple of years ago. The 7 will be here when the 300s are long gone.
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Only thing I can think of that a 300 will do that a 7mm will NOT do is
the 300 will shoot a 30 caliber bullet.
And for the record, I too agree with Smokey - I think you answered your own question. If your 300 is a safe queen, sell or trade it for something you don't have now!
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I have had guys tell me that the recoil from a 338WM is more manageable than a 300WBY, but I have never been a magnum person to begin with.
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Hunted with a 7mm RM for 20+ years and always wondered if I had made a mistake by not buying a .300WM instead. Finally got a .300WM and it killed elk just as dead but no deader or quicker.
But I'm not getting rid pf either one as I hope to have many more years in which I use them.
I do think the 7mm RM is the more versatile of the two for my purposes, which includes occasional varmints, antelope, mule deer and elk.
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A 300 WBY can shoot 200 and 220 grain bullets. A 7 mag cannot. That sells it for me. I just like bigger bullets than what a 7mm has to offer.
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It depends on where you start your scale and where the increments that make a difference lie. For example, if I initially grab one of my 7 mags but think no, this isn't enough, then I'm likely to reach past my 300's and grab my 338 full of 250 Noslers.
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The 300 Wby will make it much harder to place your shots well.
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The 300 Wby will make it much harder to place your shots well. For 'some' people ! Mornin Rin. Jerry
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It depends on where you start your scale and where the increments that make a difference lie. For example, if I initially grab one of my 7 mags but think no, this isn't enough, then I'm likely to reach past my 300's and grab my 338 full of 250 Noslers. Same here, except I stuff my .338WM with 225g AccuBond bullets. The primary reason to grab my .300WM instead of my 7mm RM is the .300 has a Ruger Zytel semi-skeleton stock, which is impervious to the weather in which I hunt. (I don't know how it would do at -30F but having experienced same I'll never hunt in such weather either.)
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The 300 Wby will make it much harder to place your shots well. Not necessarily as much depends on the individual loads used and the fit/style of the rifles in question. But, continuing with your line of thought, a .338WM should make accuracy still harder to achieve. The groups shoot with my .338 are not noticeably larger than those I shoot with my 7mm RM and the longest shot and kill I've ever made, an elk at 487 lasered yards, was with the .338.
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People are different..
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